#grandparent

Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member - women and men, children and grandparents. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

#children #church #employ #every #given

He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he's been endowed with abilities to go into people's heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he's making it up. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#been #certain #certain extent #dead #endowed

What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#appeals #believing #came #dress #future

It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents, and I just sort of tagged along with them. ↗

— Karrie Webb

#dad #family #golfers #grandparents #i

My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends' grandparents. ↗

— Jack White

#friends #grandparents #had #high #high school

Oh, Zoeybird, did I call your mother's husband a damn turd monkey outloud?' 'Yes, Grandma, you did.' She looked at me, her dark eyes sparkling. 'Good. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#chosen #funny-things-grandparents-say #house-of-night #turd-monkey #funny

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. ↗

— Sam Levenson

#common #common enemy #enemy #get #grandchildren

My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.' ↗

— Allison Williams

#about #dad #grandparents #hbo #house

I lost my virginity in the back seat of a Buick. Not because I’m a romantic, but because my grandpa and grandma were in the front seats.
 ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cars #driving #family #funny #grandma

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother. ↗

— Claudette Colbert

#along #get #grandchildren #grandparents #mother